Syracuse Basketball: Orange has almost-complete effort vs. North Florida

Syracuse basketball gave up a ton of 3-pointers to North Florida on Saturday night in Central New York, but the Orange still managed to garner a win.

Syracuse basketball heads into the holiday break on a two-affair success streak, thanks to an 82-70 triumph against hot-shooting North Florida before a livelier crowd on Saturday evening inside the Carrier Dome.

The Orange (7-5) found itself in a see-saw battle for much of this contest with the Ospreys (7-7), but the ‘Cuse pulled away late on the strength of an efficient offense and a minuscule amount of turnovers.

I get that North Florida isn’t the type of heavyweight opponent that Syracuse will soon duel versus as Atlantic Coast Conference…